fashion

What to Pack: A top that can be dressed up or down

Often when you are traveling, you don’t always know where you’ll end up – a fancy restaurant, a casual day at the beach, an afternoon snowed in at a cabin…that’s part of the adventure of being away from home.
But it can make packing a tad bit difficult since space is a high premium. As such, [...]

What to Pack: Jeans

If I had to only wear one thing over and over and over again, it would be jeans.
Jeans are stylish, figure-flattering, and totally practical for a mom’s active lifestyle. Plus, they can be dressed up or dressed down with ease. Pair with flats and a tee – ready for a picnic at the park! Add [...]

What to Pack: A Cute Hat

Okay, curly-haired friends. I need your help. My hair has been totally frizzy lately. Is it this winter weather or what? What do you use to keep your ringlets shiny and healthy? Your secrets, please.
My solution lately? Um…a ponytail or a cute hat. That is sort-of cheating, I know…but it totally works.
Check out my plaid [...]

Products to Promote Your Business: DPS Banners

When I was filming the promotional video for my ebook several months ago, I had to do a few takes (okay, a lot of takes…).
As a result of those practice sessions, our 3-year-old took to saying, “MetropolitanMama.net” out of the blue…which is pretty much the cutest thing ever.
In fact, I joked to Tim that she [...]

BEST OF 2009: Miscellaneous

These two products fall in the “Miscellaneous Marvelousness” category…meaning that they didn’t fit in my other categories, but they were too marvelous to overlook. Check ‘em out.
Here goes…
Women’s Montecito Boot Leather by Teva

The best shoes are ones that have the perfect marriage of Comfort + Style. Surprisingly, those kind of shoes are hard to find. [...]

BEST OF 2009: Pregnancy Products

I spent 2 1/2 months of 2009 pregnant with my second daughter. January, February, and 13 days of March. What a beautiful relief it was when our sweet little bundle of beauty and joy made her debut at 8:30pm in the quiet of the birth center.
Instantly, we were in love. Instantly, we couldn’t imagine life [...]

Nursing at Night – What to Wear to Bed

In the beginning, baby #2 was a “prodigy sleeper” – sleeping 8 to 11 hours pretty much from birth.
Now, at 9 months, she’s waking in the night to nurse – several times. Truth be told, I don’t really mind.
I am, however, grateful that I have a few nursing nightgowns and pajama sets to slip into [...]

Dress Like a Star w/ Milkstars

Check out my shirt in that picture to the right. It’s from Milkstars and it’s a nursing shirt (you’d never guess by looking at it, right?).
What? You’ve never heard of Milkstars?
Well, now you have.
The mom-owned company with a super catchy tagline (“Breastfeeding never looked so good“) offers nursing-friendly tops that don’t skimp on style.
I’m wearing [...]

Running Gear Giveaway: RunningSkirts.com

This is a running truth that I have found to be true: If you have great running clothes, you’re more likely to run.
I feel silly and vain and embarrassed to admit it, but it is true. If I have comfortable, flattering, fun, and fashionable workout clothes, I am much more likely to get out there [...]

FOR HER: sunglasses by Bolle

Okay. I know what you’re thinking.
My sunglasses are awesome. Stylish. Celebrity-ish. Decidedly cool.
Either that – or you’re thinking that I am a major dork for posing like that for self-portraits.
You’re probably thinking both. And both are true. I AM kind of a dork (but a fun dork). AND those sunglasses are amazing.
They are the Ruby [...]

FOR HER: a sweatshirt from Hanes

When the cold weather sneaks up on us here in Arizona, I catch my breath in surprise. After the long days of popsicle-licking, flip-flop-wearing, and staying-indoorsing, it is invigorating to feel the chilled wind on my cheeks and to marvel as the crisp air whips through my curls, to suddenly realize that short sleeves are [...]

FOR HER: a wallet by WalletBe

What do YOU carry in your wallet?
I prefer to carry just “the basics”: my license, my debit card, my health insurance card, and my grocery membership card. That’s about it.
For the longest time, I carried around a huge wallet that was designed to carry a checkbook (does anybody really carry around a checkbook anymore?). It [...]